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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



AUGUST 10. 18"!© 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 10, 1S3G. 



FARMERS' WORK. 



CoLTORE OF Turnips. — If n lop dressing "f quick 

 limn, soot or aslics lie applied to lurnip.s, soon alter lliey 

 niaUelheir appearance above ground, their growth will 

 be forwarded, and it is said they will be secured : gainst 

 the fly. Some advise, and it may be well, if the time 

 and labor can be spared to leach soot, and sprinkle the 

 plants with the liquor M'Mahon, in giving directions 

 for the culture of tui nips, says : " the plants should be 

 left from seven to twelve inches apart ; this must be reg- 

 ulated according to the strength of the. land, the time of 

 sowing, and the kind o! turnips cultivated ; strong ground 

 and early sowing always [reducing the largest roots. 



The width of the hoe should bo in proportiim to the 

 medium distance to be left between the plants, and the 

 distance should be according to their expected size. 



The proper time for the first hoeing is, when the 

 plants, as they lie spread on the ground arc nearly the 

 size of the palm of the hand : but if weeds are numerous 

 and grow rapidly, they should be checked before the 

 plants have attained that size, lest being drawn up thin 

 and slender they should acquire a sickly habit. 



Soitinir laboring oxen and horses — Instead of turning 

 oxen and horses, which you have occasion to use fre- 

 quently into a large pasture, in which it is difficult to 

 find or to take them, you may do better to soil them. By 

 soilin", we mean to keep them in stables, stalls, yards, 

 &c. and mowing and carrying to them grass and other 

 »reen or dry food. You should in such case, take care 

 that they have always water at hand, and plenty oflilter 

 to absorb the liquid manure, unless you haie reservoirs, 

 &c. to prevent its waste. Arthur Young declared that 

 " Lucerne is the best plant for soiling, and an acre of it 

 will go failher than anything eire." But clover or any 

 other grass, green or dry, oats or Indian corn, cut up 

 near the roots, cabbages, &c. &c. may olten be econom- 

 ically disposed of in feeding cattle and horses, whose 

 services are needed lor the prosecution of the daily and 

 hourly labors of the hu^baDdman. 



Fallen FtuU.— Be very careful to gather all punctur- 

 ed or decaying fiuits, whether on your trees or on the 

 ground, and give them to your swine. If you do not, 

 the worms which tiich Iniils contain, and which have 

 been the cause of their premature decay, will make their 

 escape into the ground, and you will find the evils, which 

 wait on theii visitaliuns will increas.- on you another 

 tseason. 



Grafted Trees. — Look over your fruit trees, which 

 were grafted last spring, or budded this summer, and 

 suffer no shoots from the stocks to remain ; le.st they rob 

 your grafts of their nourishment. 



Worms in the head of Sheep.— There exists in some 

 .parts, if not in all parts of the country, a species of fly, 

 which naturalists denominate ne'trus oris or sheep-hot, of 

 the same genus though of a different variety with the fly 

 which deposits eggs on the hair of horses and causes bols 

 in those animals. This fly attacks sheep from about the 

 middle of August to the iriddio of September, deposits 

 eggs in the nostrils of the animals, and cause those 

 worms in the head, vib\ch so frequently destroy them. 

 The Mechanic's Gazette recommends as a preventive, 

 "covering the nostrils of the sheep with a gauzy sub- 

 stance, through which the animal can breathe, and keep, 

 in" it in its place by some adhesive substance. We 



<loubt, however, the practicability of keeping a gauzy 

 siibst:ince in its place by any adhesive matter. 



Another precaution which sheep owners assure us has 

 b-en found elf.clual, is to keep the noses of sheep con- 

 st:inlly smirched with tar from al-out the middle of Au- 

 gust to the latter part of September. If the sheep swal- 

 low some of the tar, so much the better, as it prevents or 

 cures the rot and confirms their health. In order the 

 better to efi'ect the smearing of the sheep's noses, the 

 f illowing process has been recommended. Mix a little 

 line salt with t.ir, just enough to make the tar agreeable 

 to the animal, and place the mixture undercover, where 

 the sheep can have access to it, and thoy will ke»p their 

 noses sufficiently smeared to prevent the insect Iroiii at- 

 tacking them. 



Amekic.4N Silk — There were presented a few days 

 since, at the office of the New England Farmer, a vari- 

 e(y of elegant silks, made by our friend, ,^dam Brooks 

 ol South Scitiiate, Mass. inventor of Brooks' Silk Spin- 

 ner, &c. The articles alluded to consisted of vestings 

 of different colors and descriptions, and handkerchiefs 

 of a variety of, patterns, which were all well wrought, 

 and finished in a very handsome style. These speci- 

 mens of Ani<?rican industry and ingenuity appear to us 

 to be beautiful and incontrovertible proofs that the North- 

 ern states may become as celebrated for the growth and 

 manufacture of silk as the Southern States are for the 

 production of their groat staple commodities, cotton, 

 rice and tobacco. 



\Vc shall do our utmost to comply with the request of 

 the Editors of the Vermont Chronicle. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICri.TURAL. SOCIETY 



Saturday, July 30, 1836. 

 EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



The contributors were Col. Wilder, Thos. Lee, Esq. 

 Messrs Hovey, Winship, and Walker. 



In the large collection of the Messrs Winship, we 

 noticed a remarkable growth of the Dahlia : cultivated 

 by the lady of Major Burt, forwarded by Hon. A. Fisk 

 of Worcester; the specimen was three very fine flowers 

 on one stem, large size, and so much alike thaj we could 

 scarcely distinguish one from the other. We should be 

 pleased to receivi: similar favors from tho ladies during 

 the Dahlia season. 



The specimens of Dahlia, by the Messrs. Hovey were 

 cxtia fine, viz the Springfield Rival, Countess of Liv- 

 erpool, Widnall's Enchantress, Alba fimbriate and De 



nissii. 



For the Committee, 



S. WALKER, Chairman 



Saturday, Aug. C, 1830. 

 EXHIBITION OF FKl'ITS. 



Peaches —Old Newingtonand Royal George Peach- 

 es ; large and of great beauty by E Breed, Esq. Charles- 

 town. 



Apples — White Juncating apples by Joshua Gard- 

 ner, Esq., Dorchester. 



Pears — Madeleine or Citron de Games pears, by 

 Judge Hurd and Col. M. P. Wilder. 



Gooseberries — several fine varieties were exhibit- 

 ed by Messrs E. Breed, S. R. Johnson and William 

 Kenrick. 



CottBANTS — Fine specimens, (the product of some of 

 the new varieties imported by Messrs Winship,) by Hon 

 E. Vose. 



For the Committee, 



E. M.RICHARDS. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



For several weeks past we have had a fine display of 

 Flowers. We have no recollection, on any former oc- ' 

 casion, of having seen so many fine Dalilias so early in 

 the season. Col. Wilder, of Dorchester, .Mr J. Sweet- 

 ser of Cambridgeport, and the Messrs Hovey of Boston, 

 have commenced the exhibition of this splendid plant in 

 good earnest. From the specimens already shown, by 

 the Messrs Hovey, Col. Wilder and others, we indulge 

 the hope of seeing our table decked with Dahlias of all 

 forms and varieties of colors Col. Marshall P. Wilder 

 will, no doubt, bring his whole force to bear, and we 

 anticipate a contest of pleasing interest to our visitors and 

 to the members of the Mass. Hor. Society. Other cul- 

 tivators will, we hope, enter the list when the season 

 fir D:ililias shall have fully arrived. We shall look on 

 with great interest, and closely watch who is '* ahead," 

 yet if in the end it shall prove to he an equal race, be- 

 tween two, or twenty, competitors, we shall be the more 

 grateful ; but should the result prove otherwise, there 

 will be no cause for dissatisfaction, as it may, with truth, 

 be said, all the votaries of Flora are w niters. 



By Mr Wilder — Dahlias var , Countess of Liverpool, 

 do.. Queen of the Whiles, Augusta, Lady Fordnich (fine) 

 Dennissii, Queen of the Dahlias, and Jason. 



By K. .'\. Story, from Messrs Winship — CEnothera 

 glauca, Clematis flamula, Dianlhus hyspanica. Carna- 

 tions and Pinks, Lathyrum salicaria. Geranium Italia- 

 num, Cmapanula azurea, Monarda alba, do. alba plena, 

 do. alba plena, Lathyrum tuberosum, Pentstemon dif- 

 fusus, do. Fiicli ardsonia, Anthcmis nohilis pleno, Ascle- 

 pias spe., Achillea phoenecia flore pleno, do. var., Ve- 

 ronica incarnata, Eryngium planum ", Hypericum mono- 

 gyniim, Gloxinia speciosa, Meliluca hypercifolia, from 

 the green house. 



From Mr S. Sweelser, Dahlias var. — Dahlias, Duchess 

 of Bedlord, Belladonna, Beauty of Salem, Emperor of 

 the Yellows, Marchioness of Lothian, Yellow Cockade, 

 King of the Yellows, King of the Whites, Widnall's En- 

 chanter, Widnall's Othello, Negro Boy, Barrett's Susan- 

 na, Globe flowering. 



Reuses — Noisette Lamarque, do. Due de Broglie, 

 Gladiolus blanda, Begonia. 



From Messrs Hovey, Dahlias, var. — Douglass Crite- 

 rion, fine, Wells' Marpessa, fine, Widnall's Othello, do. 

 Eychantor, do. Phillis, do Pactolus, Beauty of Salem, 

 Young Julia, small but beautiful. Emperor of the Yel- 

 lows, Sulphurea excelsa, Sulphurea pcrlecla, Lord Liv- 

 eipool seedling, fine. 



By Samuel Walker — Carnations, pinks, picotees and 

 other flowers. For the Committee, 



S. WALKER, Chairman. 



FANEUIL HALL VEGETABLE MARKET. Aug 10. 



Green Peas, 1 20 per bushel. New Potatoes, 1 00 to 

 1 25 per bushel. String Beans, 1 00 to 1 37 per bushel. 

 Turnips, G to 8 cts. per bunch. Radishes, 3 to 4 cts. 

 per bunch. Carrots, 6 to 8 cts. per bunch. Cucumbers, 

 37 to 50 cts. doz. Lettuce, 4 to tJ cts. per head. Onions, 

 to 8 cts. per bunch. Rhubarb, 5 to 8 cts. per lb. Cab- 

 bages, 6 to 8 els. each. Tomatoes, 25 cts. per dozen. 

 Beets, 6 cts. per bunch. Summer Squash, Long Warted 

 and Early Bush, 2s3 per doz. Green Corn, 2s3per doz. 

 Fine Cauliflowers at Hill's stall, the first this season, 

 75 cts. to $1 00. 



Fruit. — Strawberries, 37 els. per box Gooseber- 

 ries, 27 per qt. Currants, 8 to 10 c. per qt. Raspberries 

 31 to 37 c. per box. Blueberries, 17 to 25 cts. per qt. 

 Blackberries, 37 cts. per box. Whortleberries, 25 cts. 

 per qt. Thimbleberries, 25 cts. per qt. Greenhouse 

 Grapes, $1 25 per lb. Pears, 3 50 to 4 00 per bushel, 

 Peaches, (greenhouse) 4 00 per doz. 



